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Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972

Truman with Cabinet members and others

Cabinet meeting at the White House. From left to right, around the table: Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson; Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach; John Blandford, Jr. of the National Housing Agency; Julius Krug of the War Production Board; John Snyder of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion; William H. Davis of the Office of Economic Stabilization; Leo T. Crowley of the Foreign Economic Administration; Secretary of Commerce Henry A.

General view of the conference table at the Potsdam Conference

General view of the conference table at the Potsdam Conference. Josef Stalin can be seen at the center of the table in the white uniform. Others from his left are: unidentified Soviet military official; Andre Gromyko; Admiral William Leahy; Secretary of State James Byrnes; President Harry S. Truman; Charles Bohlen; Joseph E. Davies; Sir Alexander Cadogan; Clement R. Attlee; Major Birse of Britain; unidentified Soviet official; Andre I. Vishinsky, Soviet Vice Commissar for Foreign Affairs; Soviet Foreign Minister Vyashaslav Molotov. The Soviet official between Vishinsky and Molotov is A. B.

President Truman inspects the wreckage of Hitler's Chancellery

President Harry S. Truman, in a quick tour of Berlin, inspects the wreckage of Hitler's Chancellery located in the heart of the city. In the car with the President is Secretary of State James Byrnes (center), and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy. They are en route to the Potsdam Conference. Same as 70-5951, 63-1455-35 and 63-1454-43, but not cropped like those. From: Frank Gatteri, U.S. Army Photographer.

George C. Marshall being sworn in as Secretary of State

George Marshall taking the oath of office with, pictured from left, Arthur H. Vandenberg, Admiral William D. Leahy, Rear Admiral James H. Foskett (partly obscured by Leahy), General Harry H. Vaughan, John W. Snyder, Tom C. Clark, George C. Marshall (foreground), President Harry S. Truman (standing behind desk), General Walter Bedell Smith (background, next to Clark), Clinton P. Anderson, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, Julius A. Krug (next to Anderson), unidentified photographer, James F. Byrnes, and Lewis B. Schwellenbach. Autographed by all present. Photographers are not identified.